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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1997
Page
5
Medicine Hat snooker champion Ben Reicker enters quarterfinal play in Saint John New Brunswick after a 5 3 win over Greg Griffiths. He previously finished second in the nine ball event and holds a 3 0 record.
Ustin Hauck converted a penalty to lift Memory Lane to a 13-6 win over Kinsmen in a pee wee inline playoff. Cole Mowatt added a hat trick for Memory Lane while Colin Albright and Billy Robertson scored for Kinsmen.
Aaron Dirk earned a 4-3 win in a junior Little League playoff as Wendy's defeated Blacks Sports. Aaron Lybbert credited with the victory. In Senior A, Chrysler beat Methanex 8-4 behind Mike Thompson. In majors, Rotary Rangers edged Legion Giants 3-2 in extra innings with Derek Groves fanning 10 in four for the win and Dallas Lazar scoring the deciding run.
The schedule lists Pioneer League Medicine Hat Blue Jays at Lethbridge Black Diamonds and several senior league games at Sorensen Park Jefferies Park and Athletic Park. Major and minor divisions feature Monarch Cable versus Rodeo Ford, Pontiac against Kiwanis, Moose Monarchs versus Great Falls Stallions, Bantam Humpty’s versus Boston Pizza, and World versus Robins Donuts at 6 to 6:30 p.m.
Television listings feature the Baltimore Orioles versus the Toronto Blue Jays at 5 30 p m on TSN from Toronto with the Lethbridge Black Diamonds at Medicine Hat Blue Jays taped at 9 p m on Hat Cable. Also the Atlanta Braves visit the Philadelphia Phillies at 5 30 p m on TBS and the Chicago Cubs play the Houston Astros at 6 p m on WGN plus golf coverage of the Buick Classic at 2 p m on TSN.
Watch your competition before you play to learn strategies and weaknesses. Note backhand strength footwork reactions to being out of position and shot predictability to tailor your game plan.
rnie Whitt, a 45 year old former major league catcher, begins his first year as a roving catching instructor in the Toronto Blue Jays farm system. Whitt reflects on his 14 major league seasons, his departure from Toronto in 1989, and his coaching debut in Hagerstown Maryland as a wake up call. He aims to share the small details and life lessons from his career with prospects like Jay catcher Ryan Zeber.
Whitt recalls the Blue Jays first AL East title and a painful 1987 collapse as Detroit swept Toronto to clinch the division. He misses the final weekend with two broken ribs but rates the 1987 Jays as the best team he played on, posting 19 homers 75 RBI and a .269 average.
Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek earns the Hart Trophy as league MVP and the Vezina and Lester B. Pearson Awards. Teammates Ted Nolan and Mike Peca also take top honors, while Mario Lemieux, Paul Kariya, and Bryan Berard are among other winners.
At the NHL awards banquet, players honored the Detroit Red Wings defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov and team masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov, wishing them a speedy recovery after their car crash. Do mainik Hasek spoke for many, noting the tragedy affects the league.
Edmonton Eskimos beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 to 17 in a soggy pre season game. A high punt snap by Randy Stochenski at 6 07 of the fourth quarter gave Edmonton a lead as Sean Fleming added two 19 yard field goals and a 40 yarder. Saskatchewan used three QBs led by Steve Sarkisian and Paul McCallum added two field goals. Jimmy Kemp threw Edmonton's lone TD to Robert Gordon late in the fourth.
Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard said with hospitals closing the province cannot fund a new Expos stadium. He noted Montreal already has Olympic Stadium and the Expos argue downtown access is essential. An Expos news conference will press for help, with move to the United States possible.
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